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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sand Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sand Lake and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Sand Lake:
- 44.319184, -83.684704
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Sand Lake
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Iosco County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iosco County
- Since Sand Lake is near Arenac County and also Alcona County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Arenac County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alcona County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Sand Lake
Communities Also Named Sand Lake ...
We found ten communities that are also named Sand Lake.
There are three communities within Michigan that are also named Sand Lake.
Beyond Michigan, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, eight are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Kent County
- This Sand Lake is located in Kent County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sand Lake that is located in Iosco County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Sand Lake.
- Lenawee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Sand Lake [Lenawee County].
- Van Buren County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Sand Lake [Van Buren County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Sand Lake.
- Florida
- Orange County
- This Sand Lake is located in Orange County and lies 1,102 miles [1,773.5 km]<1> to the south of the Sand Lake that is located in Iosco County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Sand Lake.
- New York
- Rensselaer County
- This Sand Lake is located in Rensselaer County and lies 520 miles [836.9 km]<1> to the east of the Sand Lake that is located in Iosco County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rensselaer County community of Sand Lake.
- Nova Scotia
- This Sand Lake lies 1,157 miles [1,862 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sand Lake that is located in Iosco County.
- Ontario
- This Sand Lake lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<1> to the north of the Sand Lake that is located in Iosco County.
- Texas
- Ellis County
- This Sand Lake is located in Ellis County and lies 1,071 miles [1,723.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sand Lake that is located in Iosco County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellis County community of Sand Lake.
- Wisconsin
- Polk County
- This Sand Lake is located in Polk County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sand Lake that is located in Iosco County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Sand Lake.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sand Lake ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Alabaster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alabaster is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabaster
- Cedar Haven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Haven is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Haven
- Hemlock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hemlock is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Long Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
- National City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shady Shores
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Shady Shores is located in Ogemaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Shores
- Turtle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Turtle is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle
- Twining
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Twining is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twining
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
How Far From Sand Lake to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sand Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sand Lake and extending to:
- Tawas City, which is the Seat of Iosco County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Sand Lake to Lansing, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 507 miles [815.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,922 miles [9,530.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,660 miles [10,718.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,544 miles [7,312.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sand Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Sand Lake could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <5> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Sand Lake to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sand Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3192, Longitude: -83.6847 In this case, the coordinates for Sand Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.745 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.635 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.785 degrees. |
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